Bulletin Board: July 23, 2014

History presentation

United Methodist Church Women of First United Methodist Church will present a performance of first lady Eleanor Roosevelt at 7 p.m. Friday at the church, 905 Glendale Ave., South Charleston. The program is free. Dinner will be available at 6 p.m. and includes barbecues, hot dogs with all the fixings, drink and dessert. The price of the dinner is $7 for adults. The price of the dinner for children, ages 8 and under is $4 and includes a hot dog, chips, drink and dessert. For more information, call the church at 304-744-3211.

Open Stage for Kids

The next Open Stage for Kids event for youth performers ages 5-15 will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at Unity of Kanawha Valley, 804 Myrtle Road. This month’s event will be hosted by Ron Sowell and Sky Kershner. Bring whatever talent you would like to share: playing an instrument, singing, dancing, telling a joke, showing a piece of art, magic or just talking into a microphone. Silly songs are welcome. Sign-ups begin at 6 p.m. There is no cover charge. For more information, call 304-345-0021 or 304-346-1948 or contact Sky at Sky@unitywv.org or pamhippler@gmail.com.

Cancer art project

Brett Wilson, of Walking Miracles; Zach Miller, founder of Kanawha Individual Development Solutions; and Evan Smith and Wesley Richardson, advisors with Northwestern Mutual, have partnered to help fight childhood cancer in West Virginia. The group is looking for 10-20 families with children — adolescents, young adults or any childhood cancer survivors in these age groups — to come do an art project. They have several projects and would like to get whole families involved. A Walking Miracles Childhood Cancer Art Auction Workshop will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at KIDS, 216 Washington St. W., beside Dollar General. For more information, contact Brett Wilson at walkingmiracles.org@gmail.com or Stephanie Knight Clarke at stephknight39@gmail.com. To donate, visit www.walkingmiracles.org/index.php/donate.

Theater fundraiser

The Buckhannon community will present Lasagna and Laughs, a fundraiser featuring the Vintage Theatre Company’s Fearless Fools Comedy and Improvisation group at 6 p.m. on Sunday at the Buckhannon Moose Lodge. The Fearless Fools will present an evening of outrageous and original comedy for adult audiences served with a lasagna dinner. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for dinner and the show and will be available at the door. All proceeds benefit education and arts programming by Buckhannon Community Theatre. For more information, contact Klie Law Offices at 304-472-5007 or like the Buckhannon Community Theatre page on Facebook.

Historical tour

The St. Albans Historical Society will have historic Morgan’s Kitchen open from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at its location along MacCorkle Avenue in St. Albans. Built in 1846, it is full of vintage cookware from the 19th century. The kitchen is across from Parkway Flea Market. There is no admission charge.

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